[HTML][HTML] Guru of graphic medicine

P Gessell - CMAJ, 2016 - Can Med Assoc
The Guardian, often lampooning the foibles of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS). In one
“Sick Notes” offering, a doctor rages against a supposed NHS directive to save it money by …

[PDF][PDF] Collectors sue gallery over disputed painting

P Gessell - Ottawa Citizen, 2009 - norvalmorrisseaulegal.com
The painting, supposedly done by Mr. Morrisseau in 1977, is generally known today at the
Toronto court house and in various eyebrow-raising websites as Grandfather Speaks of Great …

Bones of contention

P Gessell - 2015 - Can Med Assoc
Bones, mummified corpses and other human remains have long been part of museum
exhibitions. They are meant to provide insight into cultural practices, scientific developments or …

[HTML][HTML] Daniel Kalla: storytelling, pure and simple

P Gessell - CMAJ, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
My advantage is my drive. When I sink my teeth into something, I do so with singlemindedness
that borders on obsession. Other obligations and commitments invariably suffer, but I try …

Elusive to the end

P Gessell - CMAJ, 2013 - Can Med Assoc
And how should we take Kahlo’s painting, A Few Small Nips, 1935? A nude woman lies
twisted and bloody on a bed. Beside her stands the man who killed her. This painting is …

[HTML][HTML] The drive to kill and the drive to cure

P Gessell - CMAJ, 2011 - Can Med Assoc
Ted Zuber was Canada’s official war artist during the war in the Persian Gulf (1990–1991).
In this painting, Zuber depicts an operation at the 1st Canadian Field Hospital based at Al …

[HTML][HTML] Reflective of the physician's eye

P Gessell - CMAJ, 2011 - Can Med Assoc
When 17th-century Spanish artist Jusepe de Ribera decided to create an image of Silenus,
the Greek god of drunkenness, he wisely found a live model bearing the signs of what we …

Creating a lasting impression of a short life.

P Gessell - Canadian Nurse, 2011 - search.ebscohost.com
The article presents an insight on how bereavement coordinators at The Hospital for Sick
Children (Sick Kids) console the distraught families of the terminally ill children. Darcy Farrell, a …

[HTML][HTML] The writing life with Vincent Lam

P Gessell - CMAJ, 2012 - Can Med Assoc
Dr. Vincent Lam loathes distractions. When he works on a novel, he locks himself in a room
and wears sound-cancelling headphones to stifle noise from his three young children. He …

Drama in medicine

P Gessell - CMAJ, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
Dr. Charles Hayter says there is nothing “radical” about his decision, back in the 1970s, to
switch his primary career from drama to medicine. Actually, the two fields are remarkably …